Sure, happy to help...it's good to note that there are at least two English dubs of the movie on the market. I think one was done for theatrical release and one for television.

The television dub is the one I remember seeing on TV way back, and its voice casting is more natural and the performances better (in my opinion). This is what you'll find on the older VHS tapes. (The TV dub was done by Peter Fernandez's team, famous for Speed Racer and many others.) These VHS tapes are generally pan & scan and the transfers are darker and muddier but this is okay if you prefer to see it the way it was on TV in the 70's.

A Tri-Star DVD was released a couple of years ago that offered a really clean widescreen transfer (crystal-clear, bright), and a choice of either the theatrical dub or the original Japanese language audio...both in stereo. Overall, the sound quality of the DVD is far superior to the VHS version, but the voice actors sound rather crazed at times. If you want to hear the music in digital stereo, though, this will do very well.

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Godzilla in Stereo with exotica music? Excellent! I'm gonna hunt down the tri-star DVD. I usually prefer to watch the original Japanese language version with subtitles. The acting is usually comes through the best that way.
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If you prefer the original Japanese language track, then the Tri-Star DVD is the way to go. I saw it screened a year ago or so this way, and it was pretty good (it's so seldom anyone gets to see an old Godzilla movie in a theatre, too!).

The musical score is actually very rich and jumps all over the place stylistically.
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Yes, they're talking about 'Ebirah'. It's a freaking great movie, the whole set-up with the crook and the teenagers on the boat is interesting and genuinely funny.

Also, the original Mothra is an excellent Tiki-South Seas type film, as well as the ultra-classic sequel Godzilla vs. Mothra. I'd rather watch these than a pseudo-documentary on Rapa-Nui anytime. Mysterious Stone Etchings! Yes!

Don't forget the last of the 'serious' Gamera movies; Gamera vs. Barugon, which has a really film-noir feel to it. Whole scenes from it seem to have been ripped off by Spielberg for Jurassic Park. An enormous opal, native villages, gangsters, the wise old doctor, and a really evil smarmy guy that dies a wonderfully disgusting death. Then there's that spooky girl with the staring eyes...